Andes Highlands

The Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve is located in the Condor Bioreserve, one of the most biologically diverse regions in the world and is also home to the Oyacachi, one of the few indigenous Quechua communities located within the protected area system of Ecuador.

This program is designed for adventurous spirits; come, walk through this natural paradise and feel the pure smell of the nature....

The market in the town of Otavalo is one of the best-known of all Ecuadorian attractions. The market has existed for at least 4,000 years as the social and economic centre of the northern highlands. The town of Otavalo itself is located in a valley between two extinct volcanoes...

Quito is divided into the modern and the old, or colonial, city. Colonial Quito is still reminiscent of life as it was 450 years ago, even though it is now only a small part of a fast growing modern city...

Cotopaxi National park is the jewel in the crown of Ecuador’s mainland national parks. Located about 60 kms. south of Quito, this 85.000 acre park is roughly square in shape and centered around the magnificent cone shaped and snow capped Cotopaxi volcano...

Cuenca, the third-largest city in Ecuador is both a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site and a thoroughly modern urban centre...

Ecuador's "Avenue of the Volcanoes"  is a 325 km. long valley between the major Cordillera ranges. Massive and standing alone, the volcanoes provide brooding, snow-covered contrast to the green equatorial lushness.
Throughout the Andes mountain range, you will find impressive plateaus, lakes, rivers, waterfalls, hot springs, cloud forests, valleys, indigenous markets and picturesque villages, and historical and modern colonial cities....